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Hampton as fol-Kkluw-G»tw.kns, Lamks,It haalixmate, ,JAy ........,1sympathy which Georgianshaveextended tow ards us wdl!never be repaid- f^PP^lUl^'3 , them; but they determined to ex-lumst every possible r*mpdj to obtain a peaceful solution of this question. (Applause )[A Voicf: What do yuq thinkof the man who is to bo with us to morrow?)My friend alluded to thelate contest in South CarolinaI did not anticipate,to night, j anything of this nature. Iassure you, when I was cap-’ tured first night and kept (over in your city, my mten- j tion was only to make a few jocknowImigeniHlits, to meet J shall do myself the pleasure toa few old Confederate**, but|1 anticipated nothing ot this wort. But I will take as my • text what he introducedGovernor Hampton, resuming:speak of him‘in a few moments.Tbo people were sumssful. All tbe officers who were elected wereAND G KgJpgM K Nrarely taller! to myself to oc* copy a more grateful tmk than the one to which I-am called to-night, namely, to present to my neighbors and iellow-citizens the man whom South Carolina claims and is attempting to appropriate to herself, but who in truth belongs to us,[applause] to Georgia and to the wholeSouth as well as to SouthCarolina. To introduce Wtide Hampton to a Georgia audience is like introducing Bonaparte to Frenchmen, or H. E.Lev'to the army of NorthernVirginia. [Applause.] Thereare those here who have followed him; who have followed him where sabres clashed, [a voice, “correct,” applause und laughter,] and where danger sped on the battle’s wings. And we all know'V U IT I W • A » 1the large room. As soonfiv. Hampton nn(J Seu^don were seated “ a renewed burst of ap-tse and cheers, which on-ceased when General Ion arose and introduced remorlows;▼ *ra , ---------j ----tell you, people of Georgia, ilrgm poo (d (ipar6 Ww*South Carolina would Is* proud to honor him, and toplace him where Calhoun and Preston and McDuffie have been liefore him, in the Senate of the United States.No one ma» in South C’arulb na could beat him tUf thefriends, theupon that subject.You know, most of you, thereasons of that eoutest. \ ou know that it wua not, in the strict1renso of tho word, h party or political fight. Wo were not seeking for the offices of theState. At the last three decLrtpptaute.J they renew t||ey Imilt;| fieen successful, that thoy had -perilled everything to achieve the triumph; they knew they had gainod it, but they madeno eff»rt3 to resist; they determined not to resort to violence, hut trusted to the peaceful ugen-py qf the |aW:1 wuut to eay to you—for you are Georgians—that thoy wcukl not any longer sqbiqit to ihe yoke w hich had been placed uponplaced in their proper positions and from that time .South Carolina has Leon in a peace as profound as any other State in thisAmerican Union. Thera hasbeen no trouble, no riots, and but one colored man killed by awhite man since 1 was ReeledGovernor. I Applause.) I liadmen or his own | arty, ml vocal mgcivil sen ice re'oriu, and carrying out the policy f^r twelve years advocated I*v the Democratic party, I said I would sustain him in that policy, and aslong as he continued in that path. (Apphioae.) And, myfriends of Georgia, Democrats though you are, yon can do it without tfie stiCi iH c of your consistency. You may recognise him a9 a constitutional President without sacrificing your position as Democrats or Itepubli-cans or anything else. I have heard him apeak. Ifrannounced the firm determination not lode viate from the course which bo has pursued. I have heard himspeak to (Confederate soldiers andtell them that they weic a* brave as any aien who over fought; that they had fi.nght f*r then honest conviction at bravely as the soldiers of the 1 nion; that when Greik meets Greek, then comes the struggle, but wh icveihad tho most Greeks must prove successful. [Applauss) And when I heard him say that heproposed to extend th 1 hand of friendshipto theApeople of ourcity I for one took occasion to
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Georgetown Comet
Georgetown, South Carolina, US
Wed, Oct 03, 1877
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